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Comptia Project + Project Management

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






2. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






3. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






4. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints






5. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






6. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






7. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






8. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






9. Schedule activity that has a low total float.






10. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






11. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






12. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






13. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






14. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






15. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat






16. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






17. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






18. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






19. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






20. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






21. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories






22. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.






23. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






24. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






25. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






26. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






27. Subdivision of a phase






28. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure






29. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






30. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






31. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






32. The process of completing each project procurement






33. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






34. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






35. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






36. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






37. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






38. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






39. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






40. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






41. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






42. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






43. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk






44. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






45. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






46. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






47. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






48. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






49. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






50. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project